He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet.
2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body;
to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to
consolidate the armies of the republic.
Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth.
3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of
a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]
Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.